A hymn as we continue through the days of Christmas on the final Sunday of the year. O For A Heart To Praise My God expresses some themes dear to writer Charles Wesley’s heart and Christian devotion. This popular style rendition by Simon Goodall expresses the heart and will of Wesley very well.
The days of Christmas are underway. And the day after Christmas was known as St Stephen’s Day before it was Boxing Day. So Good King Wenceslas is the song for the day. Oddly few popular renditions available. This one by the ever reliable Bing Crosby may also feature Rosemary Clooney on vocals. Crosby’s phrasing is …
Part of Christmas Day involves a late lunch that induces a sleep afterwards, which makes the evening meal (after an early evening walk around the Blue Lake) the dessert you couldn’t eat at lunchtime. With coffee. And no pudding.
Rend Collective produce a lot of music that is in the moment. I don’t know that it will last, but not everything needs to if it’s satisfying at present. Today Is The Saviour’s Dayt is an example of that. It is rooted in timeless truths, yet evokes them in the moment of the present. Merry …
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